need comfortable coil over's for a 2006 gs430
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I have a stock 2006 GS430 and looking to replace all shocks/struts/bushing/etc at the same time. I do NOT want to lower it or have it ride like crap. This is my wifes car and don't need to hear it from her. The car has 136,000 miles on it and we plan to keep it for a while. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated, thanks
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I have a stock 2006 GS430 and looking to replace all shocks/struts/bushing/etc at the same time. I do NOT want to lower it or have it ride like crap. This is my wifes car and don't need to hear it from her. The car has 136,000 miles on it and we plan to keep it for a while. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated, thanks
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Shocks and struts are the same thing. Why do you want to replace the bushings? You could go with aftermarket bushings which cost more but are more reliable..... You could also get BCR's or Megans which are also more reliable than O.E. from personal experience.... The trade off would be a slightly stiffer ride experience, if not there's a thread down below in the suspension section that has a guy explaining how to replace with all O.E. struts.
you never know until you start taking it apart. if you have the original mounts, id say you probably could use strut mounts as well then
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Is the car squeeking or squeeling when you hit bumps and whatnot? What's the ride like? Does it feel like the car wants to fall apart when you hit a bump? Otherwise all you seriously need are new struts.
Also, some food for thought..... I felt no difference when my struts went out compared to my newly replaced struts. Only reason why I changed my struts out was because my tires were chopping and Lexus told me my struts were all blown.
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than y did you change?
I love the OEM coil but at times I wish there is a "soft" switch when driving on DC road. Horrible roads in DC. Lots of pot holes. And than there is my local road, it's very old and they only fill up the potholes. In about 1 week the fill is gone and the pothole is back.
Had one of my tire blew once due to a pothole. They were fixing the road but they left a huge pothole un-fill. It was dark and I didn't see the hole. A loud BOOM when the wheel hit it, I could hear air was leaking right away. Luckily the rim was ok. Sux changing the spare at night. But oh well.
I love the OEM coil but at times I wish there is a "soft" switch when driving on DC road. Horrible roads in DC. Lots of pot holes. And than there is my local road, it's very old and they only fill up the potholes. In about 1 week the fill is gone and the pothole is back.
Had one of my tire blew once due to a pothole. They were fixing the road but they left a huge pothole un-fill. It was dark and I didn't see the hole. A loud BOOM when the wheel hit it, I could hear air was leaking right away. Luckily the rim was ok. Sux changing the spare at night. But oh well.
Can anyone suggest how if I can best make my suspension softer without it handling like a boat on water
. Someone told me you could trick the ICU to set sport as true normal, then by default normal becomes truly soft. maybe they were dreaming, i'm not sure.Anyways, any ideas appreciated. Thank U from the other side in australia
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